AfricaRail

AfricaRail is a project to link the railway systems of Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and Togo. These are all gauge.

A future stage is proposed to link Mali, Senegal, which are also gauge; Nigeria and Ghana have a different narrow gauge of  but are converting to.

2022

 * The businessman Jeremie Taieb takes the Head of the Strategic Steering Committee, in order to finance the project with international donors

2020

 * Ghana orders new standard gauge rail equipment
 * Ghana Eastern SG line approved

2019

 * 8 Apr 2019 Ghana's Ministry of Railways Development has reached an agreement with GERC to construct the Tema - Accra - Koforidua - Kumasi eastern line (340 km)
 * Ghana Standard Gauge - Western Line

2015
Various links.
 * West African rail loop of 2740 km.
 * 🇨🇮 Abidjan to 🇧🇫 Ouagadougou line.
 * proposed new line linking 🇧🇫 Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to 🇳🇪 Niamey in Niger.
 * proposed new line linking 🇳🇪 Niger and 🇧🇯 Parakou in Benin.
 * rehabilitation of the existing line to 🇧🇯 Cotonou in Benin.
 * new link to 🇹🇬 Lomé in Togo.